W. A. Dwiggins : a life in design
- Type:
- boek
- Titel:
- W. A. Dwiggins : a life in design
- Andere titel:
- Mss. by WAD.
- Jaar:
- 2017
- Onderwerp:
- Book design
Illustraties
Grafisch Ontwerp
Typografie
Grafisch Ontwerp: Monografieën
Dwiggins, W. A
Dwiggins, W. A. Catalogs
Graphic artists Biography
Type designers Biography
Book ornamentation
Graphic design (Typography) History
Stencil work
Dwiggins, W. A
Book ornamentation
Graphic artists
Graphic design (Typography)
Stencil work
Type designers
United States
1900-1999
Biography
Catalogs
History - Taal:
- Engels
- Plaatsnummer:
- 766.04 / DWIGGINS W.A. / 2017 (Kunstenbibliotheek)
- ISBN:
- 9780998318004
0998318000
9780998318011
0998318019 - Paginering:
- xi, 483 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm + (in the deluxe edition only) 1 burnt umber portfolio (23 unnumbered pages ; 2 leaves of plates)
- Nota:
- Foreword by Steven Heller.
"[P]roduced in standard and deluxe editions, a total of 2,200 copies. Bruce Kennett designed the book and composed the text with LfA Aluminia, a revival of WAD's Electra types that Jim Parkinson created expressly for this project ... Penmor Lithographers, of Lewiston, Maine, provided all the presswork ... and Acme Bookbinding/HF Group, of Charlestown, Massachusetts, performed the smyth-sewing and binding ... "--Colophon.
Pages 433-453 reproduce the content of the portfolio which accompanies the deluxe edition of this volume (with the exception of two photographs which are not found in the book).
Portfolio has title: Mss. by WAD : a selection of writings by W.A. Dwiggins set on the linotype in types of his design and printed by letterpress--the process for which these types were developed.
"The Mss. by WAD portfolio was produced in 2016 by a group of friends ... All text, lettering, and illustration were made by Dwiggins. Michael Babcock, at interrobang letterpress, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, composed the majority of the text ... John Kristensen, of Firefly Press, Boston, provided assistance and resources. Andrew Steeves set the Falcon matter ... Darrell Hyder printed the portfolio ... Steve Rich made the portfolio cover ... "--Portfolio colophon.
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